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Patient safety

Lawsuit: Infant dies after nurse practitioner fails to tell family about spot that's suspicious for cancer

Delay in diagnosis and treatment allowed neuroblastoma to spread

Wrong patient taken to kidney transplant surgery

Wrong patient taken to kidney transplant surgery

Wrong patient, wrong site, wrong procedures are all sentinel events that should never happen

What medical care should look like after syncope (passing out)

What medical care should look like after syncope (passing out)

Some causes of syncope are life-threatening

Houston Court of Appeals rules against behavioral care facility physician in medication overdose case

Houston Court of Appeals rules against behavioral care facility physician in medication overdose case

Court opinion found that trial judge abused discretion

Hand-off communications: The right hand needs to know what the left hand is doing

Hand-off communications: The right hand needs to know what the left hand is doing

When there's a break in the flow of clinical information, patients are endangered

Jury returns $7.6 million verdict in medical malpractice lawsuit over heart attack care

Jury returns $7.6 million verdict in medical malpractice lawsuit over heart attack care

Patient was left alone, unmonitored and died with 30 minutes of arriving at the emergency room

What you should know about thrombocytopenia and medical malpractice

What you should know about thrombocytopenia and medical malpractice

Platelet and clotting problems shouldn't be ignored

What's in a name? What you should know about the health care professionals who are treating you

What's in a name? What you should know about the health care professionals who are treating you

Training and qualifications are less obvious than ever

Respiratory therapy medical malpractice in Texas

Respiratory therapy medical malpractice in Texas

Respiratory therapists care for intubated patients and those with cardiopulmonary conditions

Physicians, nurses, and other providers cause health care errors when they don't listen to patients

Physicians, nurses, and other providers cause health care errors when they don't listen to patients

Patient information has an important role in the diagnostic and treatment process